The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-05-23

HILLS ALGEBRA.
An Interesting Treatise that Illus
trates The Old Sectional Hatred.

An old volume Of considerable interest at
Of the Washington correspondents. II Is
treatise on algebra, and a very good one in
the main, written by General ID. ii. Hill the
well known Confederate corps commander,
when he was professor Of mathematics In
Davidson College. North Carolina, Just be-
fore the war. The examples bywhich he
illustrated his text while interesting can not
be as highly commended as the plan Of his
work. They indicate the kind OF sectional
training which the youth at this institution
received. The following are examples:
A man in Cincinnati purchased 10 900 pounds Of
per pound to put Il through chemical process,
by which 1t would appear sound and then sold II
at an advanced price, clearing s4bO by the fraud.
The price at which he sold the pork per pound
multiplied by the cost per pound Of the chemical
process, was three cents. Required the price az
which he sold II and the cost OF the chemical
process.
The Geld of, battle. Rt Buena Vista is six and
ran away from the feid Of battle al the same time;
one ran half mile per hour faster tnan the other
and reached Satillo minutes and 81 Gil seconds
sooner than the other. Required their respective
A Yankee mixes a certaIn number Of wooden
nutmegs, which cost him one-quarter OF cent
piece, with quantity Of real nutmegs worth four
cents piece, and sells the whole assortment for
fOrty-four dollars and gains about three dollars
and seventy cents by the fr aud How many
wooden nutmegs were there2
A gentleman In Richmond expressed willing
ness TO liberate his slave valued at 81 600 upon
the receipt Of that sum from charitable persons.
He received contributions from twenty-fOur per-
sons and OF these there were fOurteen-nineteentns
fewer from the North than from the South, and
slnalles than that Of the latter What was the en-
tire ,,l ainonns l's. given by the latter?
,.. ane LeaI ~ whch Decatur published his oneial
lettef from New Lonuss' stating that the traitors
Of the harbor to give notice to M Ssb Sos ~ ss
attempt 10 90 To sea- Is expressed by fOuf~NM
The sum ofthe first and fourth Is equal 10
the second; the first and third are equal TO eaN
other. Tne sum Of the first and second IS equal to
three times the fourth and the product Of the first
and second Is equal TO eight. Required the year.
The year In which the Governors OF Massachu-
sets and Connecticut sent reasonable messages
TO their respective Legislatures Is expressed by
four digits. The square root Of the FIRST and sec
Ond Is equal to three the square root Of the pro-
duct Of the second and fourth Is equal 70 four
the first Is equal 10 the third, and Is One-hah OF
the fourth. Required the year.
Some OF the New England states were fully and
Yeniion which, in the year 1914, gasr aid and
comfort to the BrltisRdunng the progress Of the
war. If four be added TO the number Of States
fully represented but, II eleven be added 10 the
sum OF the States fully and partially represented,
and the square root OF the sum be taken. the re-
suit will be equal 20 the square root OF eight times
the number ef States partially represented. Re
quired the number OF States fully and partially
represented.
In the year 1887 all the Pequod Indians that
survived the slaughter on the Mystic River were
either banlshed from Connecticut or sold into
slavery. The square root Of twice the number Of
survivors Is equal TO One-tenth that number.
What was the number.